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data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/fhx0hq/article68898111.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Jayadeva%20Uyangoda.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/fhx0hq/article68898111.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Jayadeva%20Uyangoda.jpg" alt="Uyangoda says the NPP government will try to negotiate something similar to a social welfare program to provide economic assistance to low-income families. 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" title="Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray addresses a public meeting in support of party candidate Eknath Pawar for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election, at Loha in Nanded district of Maharashtra. " data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~PORTRAIT" class="media-object adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div></a><div class="content"><div class="label interviews"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-uddhav-thackeray-mva-farmers-msp-bjp-feud-maratha-reservation-mahayuti/article68871964.ece">Maharashtra Assembly Election</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-uddhav-thackeray-mva-farmers-msp-bjp-feud-maratha-reservation-mahayuti/article68871964.ece" title="Updated: November 19, 2024 19:38 IST Published: November 15, 2024 17:20 IST"> They are trying to change the identity of Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray</a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-uddhav-thackeray-mva-farmers-msp-bjp-feud-maratha-reservation-mahayuti/article68871964.ece"> BJP is afraid of losing, says the former Chief Minister, adding that their new slogan, ‘Ek Hai to Safe Hai’, seeks to settle their internal issues. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Amey--Tirodkar--19096/" class="person-name lnk">Amey Tirodkar </a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="col-xl-3 col-lg-3 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-12 after-border-right tab-no-side-border"><div class="element"><div class="label interviews"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/ajit-pawar-sharad-pawar-maharashtra-assembly-election-maha-vikas-aghadi-mahayuti-lok-sabha-election/article68867466.ece">MAHARASHTRA ASSEMBLY ELECTION </a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/ajit-pawar-sharad-pawar-maharashtra-assembly-election-maha-vikas-aghadi-mahayuti-lok-sabha-election/article68867466.ece" title="Updated: November 19, 2024 19:39 IST Published: November 14, 2024 17:16 IST"> We are opposing vote jehad: Ajit Pawar </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/ajit-pawar-sharad-pawar-maharashtra-assembly-election-maha-vikas-aghadi-mahayuti-lok-sabha-election/article68867466.ece"> The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister says Narendra Modi’s “ek hai toh safe hai” is the motto of the Central government. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Amey--Tirodkar--19096/" class="person-name lnk">Amey Tirodkar </a></div></div></div><div class="element"><div class="label interviews"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/sri-lanka-parliamentary-election-2024-jaffna-anura-dissanayake-tamil-sinhala-discrimination-migration-economy/article68863800.ece">SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION 2024</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/sri-lanka-parliamentary-election-2024-jaffna-anura-dissanayake-tamil-sinhala-discrimination-migration-economy/article68863800.ece" title="Updated: November 15, 2024 14:38 IST Published: November 13, 2024 20:29 IST"> Younger generations—both in the south and north—want to see change in politics: Ahilan Kadirgamar </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/sri-lanka-parliamentary-election-2024-jaffna-anura-dissanayake-tamil-sinhala-discrimination-migration-economy/article68863800.ece"> The sociology professor and activist says the new government needs to meet the aspirations of not just the singular people, but minorities as well. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/contributor/Amit--Baruah-24271/" class="person-name lnk">Amit Baruah </a></div></div></div></div><div class=" col-xl-3 col-lg-3 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-12 after-border-right"><div class="element"><div class=""><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/pankaja-munde-bjp-leader-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-maratha-obc-polarisation/article68863798.ece"><div class="picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/x24e69/article68863835.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Pankaja_Munde%20BJP%20Maharashtra.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/x24e69/article68863835.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Pankaja_Munde%20BJP%20Maharashtra.jpg" alt="Pankaja Munde in 2019. The senior BJP leader attributed her defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha election to the prevalence of a fake narrative." title="Pankaja Munde in 2019. 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Front row (sitting, from left): Renuka Ray, Hansa Mehta, Amrit Kaur, Annie Mascarene, Ammu Swaminathan." class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/constitution-at-75-history-the-fifteen-women-leaders-constituent-assembly-contribution-legacy/article68832699.ece" title="Updated: November 11, 2024 14:41 IST Published: November 5, 2024 21:38 IST"> ‘History books invisibilised contributions of women leaders in forging modern India’</a></h3><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/constitution-at-75-history-the-fifteen-women-leaders-constituent-assembly-contribution-legacy/article68832699.ece"><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/constitution-at-75-history-the-fifteen-women-leaders-constituent-assembly-contribution-legacy/article68832699.ece"> Angellica Aribam and Akash Satyawali, authors of The Fifteen, on how 15 women fought patriarchy and helped shape the world’s longest constitution. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Abhinav-Chakraborty-16728/" class="person-name lnk">Abhinav Chakraborty</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" target="_blank" ><div class="video picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zed6si/article68831958.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/sunil%20tatkare.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/zed6si/article68831958.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/sunil%20tatkare.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="Nationalist Congress Party’s Maharashtra unit president and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare in Mumbai on June 10, 2024." title="Nationalist Congress Party’s Maharashtra unit president and Raigad Lok Sabha MP Sunil Tatkare in Mumbai on June 10, 2024." class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece" title="Updated: November 6, 2024 15:08 IST Published: November 5, 2024 16:27 IST"> I would say ‘absolute majority’ for the Mahayuti: Sunil Tatkare</a></h3><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece"><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/sunil-tatkare-interview-maharashtra-election-2024-ncp-mahayuti-mva-pawar-vs-pawar-maratha-reservation/article68831802.ece"> Four months after the Lok Sabha defeat, the Maharashtra NCP chief sees the political tide turning through welfare schemes and development push. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Amey--Tirodkar--19096/" class="person-name lnk">Amey Tirodkar </a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/ashish-shelar-interview-bjp-leader-maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-uddhav-thackeray-mva-mahayuti/article68828818.ece" target="_blank" ><div class="video picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/5144zk/article68828907.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Ashish%20Shelar%20BJP%20Maharashtra%20Assembly%20election%202024.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/5144zk/article68828907.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Ashish%20Shelar%20BJP%20Maharashtra%20Assembly%20election%202024.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="BJP leader Ashish Shelar. Shelar says that the BJP could not meet expectations in the 2024 Lok Sabha election and is fully prepared to counter all kinds of misleading narratives and campaigns in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election." title="BJP leader Ashish Shelar. Shelar says that the BJP could not meet expectations in the 2024 Lok Sabha election and is fully prepared to counter all kinds of misleading narratives and campaigns in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election." class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/ashish-shelar-interview-bjp-leader-maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-uddhav-thackeray-mva-mahayuti/article68828818.ece" title="Updated: November 5, 2024 15:08 IST Published: November 4, 2024 18:54 IST"> During Uddhav Thackeray’s tenure, many had to leave Mumbai–he needs to answer for that: Ashish Shelar</a></h3><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/ashish-shelar-interview-bjp-leader-maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-uddhav-thackeray-mva-mahayuti/article68828818.ece"><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/ashish-shelar-interview-bjp-leader-maharashtra-assembly-election-2024-uddhav-thackeray-mva-mahayuti/article68828818.ece"> The BJP leader challenges former Chief Minister Thackeray’s credentials as a champion of local interests. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Amey--Tirodkar--19096/" class="person-name lnk">Amey Tirodkar </a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-assembly-elections-2024-aaditya-thackeray-mva-jobs-promise-industry-exodus-dharavi-project-shinde-government/article68818268.ece" target="_blank" ><div class=" picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/814ft8/article68818311.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Aaditya%20Thackeray" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/814ft8/article68818311.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Aaditya%20Thackeray" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="Aaditya Thackeray on his way to file his nomination papers in Worli, Mumbai, on October 24, 2024." title="Aaditya Thackeray on his way to file his nomination papers in Worli, Mumbai, on October 24, 2024." class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-assembly-elections-2024-aaditya-thackeray-mva-jobs-promise-industry-exodus-dharavi-project-shinde-government/article68818268.ece" title="Updated: November 1, 2024 14:30 IST Published: November 1, 2024 13:54 IST"> My focus for the election is jobs: Aaditya Thackeray</a></h3><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-assembly-elections-2024-aaditya-thackeray-mva-jobs-promise-industry-exodus-dharavi-project-shinde-government/article68818268.ece"><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/maharashtra-assembly-elections-2024-aaditya-thackeray-mva-jobs-promise-industry-exodus-dharavi-project-shinde-government/article68818268.ece"> Shiv Sena (UBT) leader promises employment-focussed agenda, and criticises industrial exodus from Maharashtra under the current government. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Amey--Tirodkar--19096/" class="person-name lnk">Amey Tirodkar </a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/india-china-relations-ladakh-lac-jabin-jacob-amit-baruah-xi-jinping-communism/article68805930.ece" target="_blank" ><div class="video picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/4g0u4f/article68806079.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Jabin%20Jacob.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/4g0u4f/article68806079.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Jabin%20Jacob.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="Jacob says all of China’s foreign and security policies are based on strong domestic drivers and fundamentals." title="Jacob says all of China’s foreign and security policies are based on strong domestic drivers and fundamentals." class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/world-affairs/india-china-relations-ladakh-lac-jabin-jacob-amit-baruah-xi-jinping-communism/article68805930.ece" title="Updated: November 8, 2024 20:26 IST Published: October 29, 2024 15:36 IST"> There is a reality of a power differential, and these negotiations have been hard: Jabin T. 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margin-bottom: 25px; line-height: 24px; } .popup .title::before { left: 0; } .popup .sub-text { font-size: 14px; margin: 15px 0; line-height: 24px; } .popup .popup-btn { /* width: 80px; */ height: 30px; font-size: 10px; padding: 9px 0 13px 10px; margin: 15px auto; } .popup .popup-btn:hover { padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 0; } .popup .device-list { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; } .popup .device-list li { padding: 7px 0; } .popup .device-list li .s-no { font-size: 13px; width: 5px; } .popup .device-list li .icon { width: 15px; height: 15px; background-size: 15px 15px; margin: 2px 7px 0; } .popup .device-list li .device { font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; } .popup p.link { font-size: 12px; margin: 15px auto 0; } .popup p.link a { text-underline-offset: 2px; } .popup p.link span { color: #555555; font-size: 18px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: 3px; } } </style><div class="popup-background" id="user-session-popup" v-show="store.session_limit_exceeded === true" v-scope v-cloak><div class="popup" style="padding: 25px;"><button class="popup-close" onclick="window.tp.pianoId.logout()">✕</button><div class="title">Looks like you are already logged in from more than 3 devices!</div><div class="sub-text">To continue logging in, remove at least one device from the below list</div><ul class="device-list"><li v-for="device_detail, index in store.device_info" :key="index"><div class="device-info" v-scope="DeviceInfoComponent({index, ...device_detail})"></div><button class="btn popup-btn" @click="sendDeleteRequest([device_detail.payload], 'single')">Log out</button></li></ul><button class="btn popup-btn" @click="sendDeleteRequest(store.device_info.map(di => di.payload), 'all')">Log Out from all devices</button><p class="link"><a href="https://www.thehindugroup.com/privacy.html" target="_blank">Terms & conditions</a><span>  |  </span><a href="https://forms.office.com/r/tz7UETzxUs" target="_blank">Institutional Subscriber</a></p></div></div><template id="device-info"><span class="s-no">${ ind + 1 }</span><span class="icon"></span><span class="device"> ${ device }<span class="duration">Last active - ${ la }</span></span></template><script>const us_api_domain = "/";</script><script src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/js/user_session.min.js?ver=1732189215"></script></body></html>